The acting coach is making her west coast directing-production debut with “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” which is based on the “Peanut” comic strip characters and tackles themes of suicide, youth identity, and self-discovery.

Pentené Monique never had to go through the hellfire of online dating. She met her husband on set seven years ago and their relationship blossomed shortly after. Still, Monique was drawn to dating as the subject of her latest Web series, "Dating Savannah Love."

Seed&Spark has teamed up with Tugg, a website that lets people choose the movies that play in their local cinema, on a touring seminar that teaches producers how get their films from development to festivals to local movie theaters.